Gillett sin bin

[innsaneink]

Gillett should get him to come evry weekend for six months and wash his car

 

[some11]

Damn you Ben Cummins.

It's approaching that time of the season when the NRL need to find a new way to screw over the Cowboys during the final series.

You've ruined the surprise.

Don't even joke about it..

Someone's gonna get f**ked over though for sure.

 

[Card Shark]

How long do you think it took for any of the officials to realise that a mistake had been made? If I really strain myself I can imagine how Cummins might have thought for a second that Marshall had been tackled and that a play the ball had occurred.

Surely though in the 45 seconds it took for Gillett to leave the field it might have occurred to any one of the five officials that a major f**k up had just taken place and that they still had the chance to correct it.

It boggles the mind.

Yes, he should've called him back.

 

[lockyno1]

What do you expect every ref is a donkey

 

[Cumberland Throw]

You cant signal 10 and then call a bloke back...

 

[blaza88z]

You cant signal 10 and then call a bloke back...

why not? they've signalled a scrum and changed their mind about who receives the ball

 

[Dufmack]

Quite a delicate situation, if the reffs could change their minds when realise they've screwed up after a penalty was given, it would increase players whinging after every decision even more. The only resolution is finding some actually competent reffs... Easier said then done it appears.

 

[Parra]

A double bunker set up would fix this

 

[some11]

You cant signal 10 and then call a bloke back...

Why not?

Surely someone has the power to overrule him due to the overwhelming evidence of him being wrong.

 

[blaza88z]

Quite a delicate situation, if the reffs could change their minds when realise they've screwed up after a penalty was given, it would increase players whinging after every decision even more. The only resolution is finding some actually competent reffs... Easier said then done it appears.

imagine if that decision cost us the game and it quite easily could of against a team that put the foot to the throat more effectively in such situations

last home game for Griffin, top 8 hopes on the line.. I know players and coaches use the "we should of been better" but when you lose a bloke for 10 minutes when he was some 40 metres on side, you can't justify that.. you just can't

Cummins is fortunate that we were so far ahead at the time of that horrendous decision, in a close game that decision decides it, as such I get the feeling he won't be punished as significantly as he would of been had we lost.. kind of like when a guy gets tipped on his head but gets up, if he doesn't get up and gets carted off on a stretcher then the bloke who got put on report misses months of footy instead of 2-3 weeks

 

[Pedro Morales Magonzales]

Don't even joke about it..

Someone's gonna get f**ked over though for sure.

No doubt about it.

The joke is that they are talking about introducing a third on field referee when there aren't even enough competent referees for the current system.

 

[blaza88z]

2 on field referees, 2 touch judges and 2 in the box

a guy gets sent from the field for being off side after he chases a bloke 40 metres down the field

I can't understand it, how do they possibly f**k that up.. are they all gutless to tell him he's wrong?

 

[Slackboy72]

2 on field referees, 2 touch judges and 2 in the box

a guy gets sent from the field for being off side after he chases a bloke 40 metres down the field

I can't understand it, how do they possibly f**k that up.. are they all gutless to tell him he's wrong?

It's because there more worried about the refs authority and his ego than getting these muppets to remember the laws of the game. It was clearly an attempt to get a close game which it didn't deserve to be.

 

[innsaneink]

Must be quite embarassing screwing up in front of hundreds of thousands of people

What will tomorrow bring?

I wonder if he'll ring his mum

 

[Paullyboy]

Wow. You can't even defend the game when this shit happens. Absolute shemozzle

 

[RWB]

Its astouning how a professional code is officiated so amateurly.
If a handful of player made errors as egregiously and regularly as the officals of this code, they'd investigate them for match fixing

Who will be leading this investigation into the Canberra Raiders?

 

[Jason Maher]

Best decision ever.

 

[souths_pride]

Why not?

Surely someone has the power to overrule him due to the overwhelming evidence of him being wrong.

I think its a bit of a double edged sword allowing officials like the video referee to overrule the on field referees. Remember a few seasons back when the video referee had the power to intervene and get in the ear of the video referee for any incident that the referee missed? It was disastrous and slowed the game down drastically! Also I feel that giving the video referee even more power would not only slow the game down but would see an even greater drop in refereeing standards! The reason for this is that referees will become lazy and complacent and rely on the video ref to flag down any incident that they miss instead of being alert.

I really feel for the Broncos tonight. That sin binning changed the game and allowed the Dragons back into the contest. I've got absolutely no idea what the ref was thinking in sin binning Gillett. Initially, I thought he sin binned him for a professional foul in slowing down the ruck when the Dragons had the possibility of scoring a try but I doubt the Dragons were that close to scoring considering they were still 30 metres out from the try line. I guess the most plausible explanation is that the referee panicked because the incident happened so fast and there were a whole heap of bodies from both teams in the ruck. I think the best thing for the NRL and the referees would be to come out and admit they've made a mistake.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Best decision ever.

Another great Broncos win against a team we dead set own.

 

[souths_pride]

Cummins is fortunate that we were so far ahead at the time of that horrendous decision, in a close game that decision decides it, as such I get the feeling he won't be punished as significantly as he would of been had we lost.. kind of like when a guy gets tipped on his head but gets up, if he doesn't get up and gets carted off on a stretcher then the bloke who got put on report misses months of footy instead of 2-3 weeks

I think you could be right with that one. I think part of the reason behind the low standard of referee is that there is not enough accountability on the part of the referees. Subsequently, I feel that they become complacent in the knowledge that if they have an ordinary game then there is little or no chance they will be dropped the following week. What I think may improve the standard of refereeing is increased pressure on referees for first appointments. The best way of doing this is to have a bigger panel of first grade referees and if they have a poor game, then drop them to reserve grade. On the contrary, if the reserve grade refs have a good game, then they get promoted to first grade. Players are selected and dropped based on their performances, why shouldn't referees?